Tracking a $20M Project: Dealing with Change Orders
By Mark Sipe
Two years and counting on this project, the consultant is still only in the "eye of the storm" with hardware still changing.

Hard to believe I have been on this project for over two years and writing about it for over a year and a half. All the good times. I’m not the first to work as a consultant on a residential project of this type, but these series of articles have struck a chord. I have tried to show the project with all its successes and blemishes.

I hear integrators are using the articles to show builders that every project has its problems, but you have to work through them. Others have told me they never want to work on a multi-year project or job of this scale. Probably a good call, you have to want to work at this level and have systems in place to pull it off. The clients and trades doing this work aren’t very forgiving; get it right or we’ll get someone else. There’s no room for anyone but a team player who knows how to close out a project.



Acoustics, Lighting, Seating
We have been addressing the acoustics in a couple of rooms, and we think we have an acceptable plan that will satisfy all parties. The coffered ceiling in the Grand Room is acting like one big diffuser; have to love all the trim, recesses and angles. The client continues to make a few changes, but nothing with any impact.

Vantage stopped by to see how we were doing with the lighting. The panels are works of art.

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